Making network performance problems all the more apparent

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	Making network performance problems all the more apparent Data loss, latency, jitter -- sending your applications out across the public network can be fraught with peril. While this has always been the case, some of today's most popular applications -- performance-sensitive services such as VoIP, videoconferencing and desktop virtualization -- are especially vulnerable to network problems. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center In this Issue Cisco bets state-of-the-art data center on UCS Meet the CIO who bought 4,500 iPads Complexity is our enemy IT architects are in demand Microsoft: All Windows 7 customers should consider desktop virtualization Cisco invests in IT cost management company AT&T supports Harley-Davidson's business expansion in India Tokenization: Five things CIOs need to know A hazy view of cloud security WHITE PAPER: HP Dynamic Provisioning Meets Today's Network Needs HP has developed a next-generation fabric architecture that uses industry standards to converge storage, server and network resources. It combines intelligence of server edge with an advanced orchestration and management layer to enable virtualization-aware networking, predicable performance and rapid, secure provisioning of resources. Read Now Cisco bets state-of-the-art data center on UCS Cisco bet big on its UCS products for data centers – and now it's going "all in" with a massive, resilient and green data center built on that integrated blade architecture. Read More Meet the CIO who bought 4,500 iPads The CIO of Medtronic recounts how he bought iPads to display product information and videos to customers. Read More Complexity is our enemy Multi-million IT project failures are legend, and often the root cause is the most obvious: complexity. Read More WEBCAST: Novell 10 Ways Solaris Could Destroy Your Career and Credibility In this webcast Mark Gibbs looks at the implications of Oracle's ownership of the venerable operating system and concludes that Solaris could not only damage your career but your credibility as well. Read now IT architects are in demand The IT job market is coming back slowly, growing 1.8% in the past year. Employers are looking for people with the experience and skills to architect virtualization and consolidation projects. It's all about reducing costs and consolidation, according to James Del Monte, president of the IT placement firm JDA Professional Services. "Companies are looking for one or two key people," he says. Could you be one of them? Read More Microsoft: All Windows 7 customers should consider desktop virtualization Microsoft is continuing its Windows 7 marketing push with a recommendation that all customers examine desktop virtualization before moving users to the new operating system. Read More Cisco invests in IT cost management company Cisco has invested in Apptio, a maker of "technology business management" software. What's TBM, you ask? It's applications that provide insight into the cost, quality and value of IT to business objectives. It helps makes IT a business asset rather than a business expense. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems 8 Things You Need to Handle Today's Network Traffic "Next Gen Load Balancing: 8 Things You Need to Handle Today's Network Traffic" shows you the functionality you need in your next load balancer. Learn how to get high availability, app performance and security in a single device! Read Now. AT&T supports Harley-Davidson's business expansion in India Under a three-year contract, AT&T will provide VPN and network integration services to support Harley-Davidson Motor Company's business expansion in India. Read More Tokenization: Five things CIOs need to know Data breaches are expensive -- they cost an average of $6.75 million per incident, according to one study. One way to reduce the risk is to cut down on the places that handle sensitive data. Enter tokenization. Read More A hazy view of cloud security A recent survey of 384 business managers from large enterprises revealed that confusion abounds about cloud data security. Read More
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